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Author: John Harvey Pinches
Publisher: Artabras
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 346
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistory and description of heraldry, titles, terminology and rules of inheritance for the nobility of the countries of the United Kingdom, France, the Low Countries, Germany, Russia, Italy, Scandinavia, Austria, Moravia, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia. Includes ecclesiastical offices and emblems.
Author: Katie Stevenson
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781843834823
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst full-length assessment of the role of the herald in medieval Europe.
Author: Steven Thiry
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Published: 2021-06-01
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9462702438
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEarly modern heraldry was far from a nostalgic remnant from a feudal past. From the Reformation to the French Revolution, aspiring men seized on these signs to position themselves in a changing society, imbuing heraldic tradition with fresh meaning. Whereas post-medieval developments are all too often described in terms of decadence and stifling formality, recent studies rightly stress the dynamic capacity of bearing arms. Heraldic Hierarchies aims to correct former misconceptions. Contributing authors rethink the influence of shifting notions of nobility on armorial display and expand this topic to heraldry’s share in shaping and contesting status. Moreover, addressing a common thread, the volume explores how emerging states turned the heraldic experience into an instrument of power and policy. Contributing to debates on social and noble identity, Heraldic Hierarchies uncovers a vital and surprising aspect of the pre-modern hierarchical world.
Author: Geoffrey Hindley
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780786708284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecounts the history of present and former ruling families of continental Europe and speculates on the role of monarchy in the future.
Author: Donald R. Mandich
Publisher: Dramco
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 714
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnglish language adaptation of the Obschii Gerbovnik Dvorianskikh Rodov Vserossiiskoi Imperii (Heraldic register of the Noble Families of the Russian Empire).
Author: Terence Wise
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-04-20
Total Pages: 103
ISBN-13: 1780966261
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCoats of arms were at first used only by kings and princes, then by their great nobles, but by the mid-13th century arms were being used extensively by the lesser nobility, knights and those who later came to be styled gentlemen. In some countries the use of arms spread even to merchants, townspeople and the peasantry. From the mundane to the fantastic, from simple geometric patterns to elaborate mythological beasts, this fascinating work by Terence Wise explores the origins and appearance of medieval heraldic devices in an engagingly readable style accompanied by numerous illustrations including eight full page colour plates by Richard Hook.
Author: Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 1704
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 1688
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John R. McCulloch
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Published: 1846
Total Pages: 966
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Clive Cheesman
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780950698021
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text contains a full edition, with commentary, of College of Arms manuscript of 'L'Armorial General du Royaume D'Hayti'.
